his defence - "I just gave Debbie a sort of grapple, a bearhug, grabbing her waist with my paws and pulling her around. I gave her a kiss, too, but it wasn't much of one because I had my lion's head on"

"The mascot at Hartlepool United sparked a disciplinary hearing following an incident at a rival team's ground.

The man who dresses as a seven foot H'Angus the Monkey is said to have simulated sex behind a woman who was making the half-time lottery draw at Scunthorpe. And it is not the first time H'Angus has got into trouble. He has previously provoked opposing teams' substitutes, attacked another team's bench with water bottles and was involved in a punch-up with the Rotherham mascot.

Incidentally, the monkey is Hartlepool's mascot in recognition of an incident that happened nearly 200 years ago during the Napoleonic Wars, when a French ship sunk off the coast.

The only survivor was a monkey - a sailor's pet - which was dressed in naval uniform. The locals of Hartlepool, having never seen a monkey before, put it on trial as a French spy. Neither being able to speak French, nor understand the language the monkey used to conduct its defence, they found it guilty and hung it"

Because I think I'm right in saying they weren't City's mascots but Coldseal Windows'*, who were running a pigs/wolf themed advertising promotion at the time and sponsored the game against Wolves with hilarious consequences.

I think the City Cat (not sure why it was a cat) waded in at some point but you're right that the pigs, whilst representing City for the day, are't the official city mascots and were indeed part of of a Coldseal Windows promotion...